Lightning Strike on Half Dome | The Storm | 1
On the evening of July 27, 1985, a group of friends decided to ignore gathering storm clouds and warnings as they climbed to the top of Yosemite’s famous Half Dome. Climbers Adrian Esteban and Tom Ric...
24 Mar 38min
In Their Own Words: Chris Lemons – Deep Sea Diving Crisis | 1
In 2012, Chris Lemons had a bright future ahead, with a fiancee and a good job fixing oil infrastructure on the ocean floor. One night in September, he went to work on a pipe about 300 feet beneath th...
17 Mar 37min
FAN FAVORITE: Alaska Bear Attack | Three Long Hours | 2
After Bart Pieciul is mauled by a bear in the Alaska wilderness, his friends have to use all of their outdoor knowledge to keep him alive. The three men are stranded in the mountains for hours, waitin...
10 Mar 47min
FAN FAVORITE: Alaska Bear Attack | In Defense of Life and Property | 1
The residents of Haines, Alaska are used to living alongside bears. The region surrounding their small town has one of the densest bear populations in the world. But as climate change curtails the bea...
3 Mar 47min
Schoolchildren's Blizzard | Not Forgotten | 5
Early settlers to the Midwest were accustomed to harsh winters, but the blizzard that hit the Great Plains on January 12th, 1888 caught thousands of pioneer families off guard. The storm was especiall...
24 Feb 36min
Schoolchildren's Blizzard | The Frozen Remains | 4
By the morning of January 13th, 1888, the blizzard had passed, and a frantic search for survivors began. Farmer Johann Albrecht looked for his missing son, and Wilhelm Woebbecke hunted for his foster ...
17 Feb 42min
Schoolchildren's Blizzard | Exposed | 3
As the blizzard raged, its winds blew up to 60 miles per hour. Those caught out in the storm faced white-out conditions. With few landmarks on the flat prairie, even residents who knew the area well f...
10 Feb 33min
Schoolchildren's Blizzard | Into the Swirling White | 2
On January 12th, 1888, residents of the Dakota Territory and Nebraska woke to an unseasonably warm day. Farmers took advantage of the mild weather to tend to chores and children headed off to school i...
3 Feb 40min
